Xen Cloud Platform 1.5 Beta Download
Note that XCP 1.6 (beta and final) will supercede the XCP 1.5 beta release. A few months ago,
the XCP team decided to concentrate their efforts on fixing internal build system
issues so that we could release new XCP versions more efficiently. We will be recommending that XCP 1.5 beta users
upgrade to XCP 1.6 final when it is released.
Xen.org is happy to announce that XCP 1.5 Beta is available! This release comes with a number of new features, most notably the
Xen 4.1 hypervisor. If you would like to report a possible bug, please email the xen-api
mailing list with the subject "XCP 1.5 BETA BUG: <subject>" (and see this
for a list of bug reporting guidelines for the Xen community).
- Host Architectural Improvements. XCP 1.5 now runs on the Xen 4.1 hypervisor, provides GPT support and a smaller, more scalable Dom0.
- GPU Pass-Through. Enables a physical GPU to be assigned to a VM providing high-end graphics.
- Increased Performance and Scale. Supported limits have been increased to 1 TB memory for XCP hosts, and up to 16 virtual processors and 128 GB virtual memory for VMs. Improved XCP Tools with smaller footprint.
- Networking Improvements. Open vSwitch is now the default networking stack in XCP 1.5 and now provides formal support for Active-Backup NIC bonding.
- SR-IOV Improvements. Improved scalability and certification with the SR-IOV Test Kit. Experimental SR-IOV with XenMotion support with Solarflare SR-IOV adapters.
- Integrated Site Recovery (Disaster Recovery). Remote data replication between storage arrays with fast recovery and failback capabilities. Integrated Site Recovery works with any iSCSI or Hardware HBA storage repository.
- Virtual Appliance Support (vApp). Ability to create multi-VM and boot sequenced virtual appliances (vApps) that integrate with Integrated Site Recovery and High Availability. vApps can be easily imported and exported using the Open Virtualization Format (OVF) standard.
- VM Import & Export Improvements. Full support for VM disk and OVF appliance imports directly from XenCenter with the ability to change VM parameters (virtual processor, virtual memory, virtual interfaces, and target storage repository) with the Import wizard. Full OVF import support for XCP, XenConvert and VMware.
- Enhanced Guest OS Support. Support for Ubuntu 10.04 (32/64-bit). Updated support for Debian Squeeze 6.0 64-bit, Oracle Enterprise Linux 6.0 (32/64-bit) and SLES 10 SP4 (32/64-bit). Experimental VM templates for CentOS 6.0 (32/64-bit), Ubuntu 10.10 (32/64-bit) and Solaris 10.
Note that XCP 1.5 is the open source edition of Citrix XenServer 6.0.
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Host Installation Program |
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Below are the sources of the above binary components, packaged into ISO format.
For information on source repositories
see here.
| Binary Package |
Contains all the binary files that are contained in the installable image. |
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| Source Package |
Contains the sources for most of the core components of XCP such as XAPI, XAPI Libs, Xen Hypervisor, Dom0,
Guest OSes, the installer, etc. |
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| Auxiliary Package |
Contains source and binaries for components and utilities that are needed for XCP development. |
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